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Silhouette looks like Moore again, circa either LIVE AND LET DIE or THE SPY WHO LOVED ME?

It's interesting how the Bond books were packaged and presented then vs. now. The recent continuations rather aim for "prestige", whereas these 80s ones are presented as more purely commercial, more mass-produced, with more emphasis on action and more willingness to evoke the films. Covers like these make me see where the (unfairly) much-maligned "munched at McDonalds" analogy was coming from.

I also enjoyed the fusion aspect of the novels from that time period. I wish the current continuation novels would take on a more modern look at Bond. I feel as though he's getting stuck in the 60's again.